As Halloween approaches, the university community is discussing a spooky phenomenon: the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI).
Professors have set strict limits on AI use in their syllabi, allowing it only for sentence structure or grammar purposes, to maintain academic integrity and preserve human creativity.
The "spookiness" of AI was highlighted when Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate intervened after AI-generated videos of King began circulating online, distorting his legacy.
OpenAI's new video model, Sora 2, was forced to block users from generating videos of King after his family condemned the viral clips.
Author's summary: AI's rapid growth sparks concern.